unmake

unmake
v
1. undo, take apart, take to pieces, unbuild, dismantle, disassemble; tear apart, destroy, knock down, raze, pull down, bring down, take down; demolish, wreck, wipe out, ruin, devastate, desolate, work havoc upon; pulverize, atomize, smash, crash, reduce to rubble, Sl. total, gut; blow up, blast, bomb, smash to smithereens, disintegrate.
2. depose, unseat, dethrone, remove from office, uncrown, defrock, unfrock; expel, eject, kick out, oust, dismiss, discharge, disbar, dispossess; Inf. fire, Sl. get rid of, Sl. give the boot, Sl. can, Sl. turn out, Sl. bounce; demote, lower, reduce, downgrade, declass; take down a peg, humble, strip of rank, Mil. Sl. bust, disrate, Mil. drum out.
3. change, alter, convert, change one's opinion, redecide, reconsider; reform, recast, restyle, reshape; shift, veer, reverse, invert, transform; modify, adjust, turn, transpose.

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  • Unmake — Un*make , v. t. [1st pref. un + make.] To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate. [1913 Webster] God does not make or unmake things to try experiments. T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unmake — index annul, destroy (void), disorganize, extirpate, obliterate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unmake — [unmāk′] vt. unmade, unmaking 1. to cause to be as before being made; cause to revert to the original form, elements, or condition 2. to ruin; destroy 3. to depose from a position or rank …   English World dictionary

  • unmake — transitive verb (unmade; making) Date: 15th century 1. to cause to disappear ; destroy 2. to deprive of rank or office ; depose 3. to deprive of essential characteristics ; change the nature of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unmake — /un mayk /, v.t., unmade, unmaking. 1. to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy. 2. to depose from office or authority; demote in rank. 3. to change the essential point of (a book, play, etc.).… …   Universalium

  • unmake — verb To destroy; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature. Syn: uncreate …   Wiktionary

  • unmake — Synonyms and related words: atomize, break to pieces, cleave, decimate, demolish, dethrone, disassemble, discrown, disenthrone, disintegrate, dismantle, displace, fragment, make mincemeat of, pick to pieces, pull in pieces, pull to pieces,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • unmake — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ruin, depose, exterminate; see destroy 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • unmake — un make || ‚ʌnmeɪk v. reduce to original form, undo, destroy, depose from rank or office …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unmake — verb (unmakes, unmaking, past and past participle unmade) reverse or undo the making of; annul or destroy …   English new terms dictionary

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